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Little Bowders Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6NG

DM/23/3017Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 December 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Confier - Fell.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Little Bowders Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6NG. Mid Sussex has handled 1,036 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Balcombe conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Mid Sussex District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH17 6NG
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Balcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2023
Target decision date
8 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Balcombe Estate Office Haywards Heath Road Balcombe West Sussex RH17 6NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Balcombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: Little BowdersOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Sussex

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